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Wyrd Daze is now FREE!

Wyrd Daze is the multimedia zine of speculative fiction + experimental music, art, and writing. It began life as a one-off print edition in the Summer of 2013 before launching digitally on October 31st. It had a run of 12 issues before being rebooted to Lvl2 in March 2015.

Lvl2 Issue 2 Cover Art by Kev McKie

All through this initial run Wyrd Daze was available via a nominal subscription ($5 a month), creating a revenue with which to pay people for their contributions for the zine. The ethos of Wyrd Daze is to nurture, showcase, and support independent creativity.

I’ve now decided to take a step back with Wyrd Daze to concentrate on my own projects – in particular I have a novel to finish! I will still be continuing with the zine, but on a slower release schedule (An issue every 3 months or so). Consequently, I’ve decided to make Wyrd DazeFREE!

The whole of Lvl2 (3 issues so far) is now available to download, with more on the way.

(A full list of contents for each of the three issues can be found below)

The ethos of the zine hasn’t changed, and I would like to encourage those that are willing and able to donate via my Patreon page. Most of the revenue created there will be used to pay creators for their contributions to Wyrd Daze, and as an added bonus you’ll also be sent copies of my own short stories, music, + anything else I create!

Illu : strange tales from a wyrd world
by Becky Munich and Leigh Wright

Persephone’s Threshold by Jenna Kraus

Bacon and Eggs : A Doctor Who universe sidebar story
by Lee Rawlings

Fragments from: The Fife Psychogeographical Collective

Wyrd Daze Lvl2 EP 1

Track One – IXTAB : Parhelion

Track Two – The Whip Angels : Persephone’s Threshold

Track Three – Wizards Tell Lies : And Then It Awoke

The Wyrd Daze Podcast

An extract of a story from Seasons of War, the unofficial Doctor Who charity anthology. The story is called The Celaphas Gift, and it was written by Andrew Smith, who wrote the 1980 Tom Baker era Doctor Who episode: Full Circle (Part One) and its novelisation. He’s since gone on to write several Doctor Who audio adventures for Big Finish. The story is read by Tracey Norman, with sound design by Simon Brett.

The podcast also features a mix dedicated to poet, maverick, and mystic Daevid Allen by The Ephemeral Man.

Wyrd Daze Lvl2 Issue 2

Contents :

Cover and interior artworks by Kev McKie

The Ballad of Sophie Nu by Mark Lawrence

An interview with Mark Lawrence

Shining Apples by Carsia Swenson

Walking on the Black Meadow by Chris Lambert

The Art of Clara Engel

I F***ing Love Science by Melissa Beall

Fragments from: The Fife Psychogeographical Collective

There’s a special 5-track compilation of songs by Canadian singer / songwriterClara Engelas part of the download with this issue, as well as theWyrd Daze Podcast, whichfeatures a special mix for Beltane byThe Ephemeral Man

Wyrd Daze Lvl2 Issue 3

Contents :

Cover and interior artworks by Choncey Langford

The June Bug by Chris Lambert

Notes from Some Other War by Martin Hayes

States of Matter : an essay about the wyrd of science
by Melissa Beall